different between pintailed vs pigtailed

pintailed

English

Etymology

pin +? tailed

Adjective

pintailed (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest.

Anagrams

  • platinide

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pigtailed

English

Etymology

pigtail +? -ed

Adjective

pigtailed (not comparable)

  1. Having a pigtail.
    • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time
      Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

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